booby prize
booby prize · booby prizes
A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of…A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.
» Tom won the booby prize.
Tom hat den Trostpreis bekommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том отримав утішний приз. — deniko
Том виграв утішний приз. — deniko
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1 senses(idiomatic)A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.
At the end of the conference, they awarded him with a rubber chicken as a booby prize for complaining the loudest.
More definitions
- a prize given to one who finishes last in a contest
Examples
1 sentencesTom won the booby prize.
Том отримав утішний приз. — deniko
deTom hat den Trostpreis bekommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
2 languagesForms
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedwooden spoon